Method to reduce push-to-talk call setup time

• US 8,055,290 B1
• Filed: 02/23/2007
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nextel Communications (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Nextel Communications (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Cai, Zheng, Vu, Trinh
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan; Yuwen
• Assistant Examiner(s): AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O
• Application Number:
  US11/678,531
• Time in Patent Office: 1,719 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/518
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

System and method for reducing call setup time of a dispatch communication. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a message from an originating dispatch device intended for a target dispatch device. The message may be inspected by a base transceiver station for a call request announcement. The method may further include determining if a radio resource is available for the target dispatch device. According to an additional embodiment of the invention, a call request acknowledgement message may be transmitted to the originating dispatch device after a period of time to ensure a guaranteed talk permit. The call request announcement may also be transmitted to the target dispatch device after the period of time.

Claims

1. A method to reduce call setup time of a dispatch communication comprising:

receiving a message from an originating dispatch device intended for a target dispatch device;

inspecting, by a base station servicing the target dispatch device, the message for a call request announcement;

determining if a radio resource is available for the target dispatch device;

transmitting from the base station servicing the target dispatch device a call request acknowledgement message to the originating dispatch device after the base station servicing the target dispatch device holds for a period of time based on a traffic channel setup time for the target dispatch device and a time required to transmit the call request acknowledgement message; and

sending the call request announcement to the target dispatch device as a parallel process with said transmitting the call request acknowledgement message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call request announcement is transmitted via an application layer of a dispatch communication network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising allocating the radio resource for the target dispatch device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said allocating the radio resource comprises establishing a traffic channel to the target dispatch device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said inspecting the message for a call request announcement further comprises performing a deep packet inspection to determine if an application layer contains a call request announcement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the dispatch communication is provided by one or more of a Code Division Multiple Access system, a Global System Mobile system, Universal Mobile Telecommunications system, a packet switched data system and a radio access system.

7. A dispatch communication system with improved call setup time comprising:

a first dispatch device configured to communicate with a dispatch communication network; and

a base station transceiver network interface configured to connect the dispatch communication network to a target dispatch device, wherein said network interface is configured to;

receive a message from the first dispatch device intended for the target dispatch device;

inspect the message for a call request announcement;

determine if a radio resource is available for the target dispatch device;

transmit a call request acknowledgement message to the first dispatch device after holding for a period of time based on a traffic channel setup time for the target dispatch device and a time required to transmit the call request acknowledgement message; and

send the call request announcement to the target dispatch device as a parallel process with said transmitting the call request acknowledgement message.

8. The communication system of claim 7, wherein the base station transceiver is further configured to transmit the call request announcement via an application layer of the dispatch communication network.

9. The communication system of claim 7, wherein the base station transceiver is further configured to allocate the radio resource for the target dispatch device.

10. The communication system of claim 9, wherein said allocating the radio resource comprises establishing a traffic channel to the target dispatch device.

11. The communication system of claim 9, wherein inspecting the message for a call request announcement further comprises performing a deep packet inspection to determine if an application layer contains a call request announcement.

12. The communication system of claim 7, wherein said inspecting the message for a call request announcement further comprises performing a deep packet inspection to determine if an application layer message contains a call request announcement.

13. The communication system of claim 7, wherein the dispatch communication network is one of a Code Division Multiple Access network, a Global System Mobile network, Universal Mobile Telecommunications network, a packet switched data network and a radio access network.

14. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory processor readable medium comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer executable program code embodied therein to setup a dispatch communication, the computer program product having;

computer readable program code to receive a message from an originating dispatch device intended for a target dispatch device;

computer readable program code to inspect, by a base station servicing the target dispatch device, the message for a call request announcement;

computer readable program code to determine if a radio resource is available for the target dispatch device;

computer readable program code to transmit from the base station servicing the target dispatch device a call request acknowledgement message to the originating dispatch device after the base station servicing the target dispatch device holds for a period of time based on a traffic channel setup time for the target dispatch device and a time required to transmit the call request acknowledgement message; and

computer readable program code to allocate the radio resource for the target dispatch device, wherein said transmitting and said allocating are performed in parallel.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising computer readable program code to transmit the call request announcement via an application layer of a dispatch communication network.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein said inspecting the message for a call request announcement further comprises computer readable program code to perform a deep packet inspection to determine if an application layer message contains a call request announcement.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the dispatch communication is provided by one or more of a Code Division Multiple Access system, a Global System Mobile system, Universal Mobile Telecommunications system, a packet switched data system and a radio access system.